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Arkansas Sen. Barbara Horn, D-Foreman, left, presents a check for $50,000 to Dr. Jerry Shipp, Texarkana Ark., Vocational Center director, to help with funding of TAVC’s Aviation Maintenance Program. The course provides job-specific training for entry-level employment in aircraft mechanics. Southwest Arkansas high school students from Ashdown, Fouke and Genoa, Texarkana, Texas, school districts and to private school and home-school students may enroll in the course. It is taught at the Aviation Training Center at Texarkana Regional Airport and operated i...